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Thank goodness these three picked up a camera…   by Anita Lyon

It’s much easier to buy digital cameras these days than it ever was and every second technology is improving in the world of image capture, making it simple to take a good shot. Even though anyone in the world can buy cameras and take pictures, only a few will take a picture the whole world will remember and that’s where these three photographers come in. Made famous by their subject matter and raw talent, their work is worth a look for anyone interested in riveting portrait images.

A career loaded with potential from the moment Andy Warhol offered him his first professional photography job, David LaChapelle is one of the most innovative and creative people to ever pick up a camera. And we’re glad he did. Referred to by some as the most famous living photographer of our time, LaChapelle, whose first picture ever was of his mother, has created some of the most iconic images of celebrities the world has ever seen. His work has been described as surreal, sexy, shocking and grotesque … descriptions that are all incredibly accurate and indicative of his style. Celebrities he’s photographed (and there are many) include Marilyn Manson, David Bowie, Angelina Jolie and Hugh Hefner. This portfolio also includes Courtney Love, whose picture on the cover of LaChapelle’s book, Heaven and Hell, is explosive and deliciously controversial. If you’re interested in exploring his work in greater detail then Heaven and Hell is a good place to start.

What would a ‘best photographers of our time’ list be if it didn’t include Annie Leibovitz? Widely known these days for her memorable cover-shoots for Vanity Fair magazine, her imagination and undeniable photographic talent has been influencing the world since the 70’s. The American photographer started her career off at Rolling Stone magazine and her explosive use of colour and interesting styling ideas, from day one, secured her a spot as one of the worlds most elite and sought after photographers. A notable moment in her career occurred when she did a shoot with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1980. A naked Lennon lying curled up against fully clothed Yoko Ono became the cover shot of one of Rolling Stone’s most memorable issues. Not only was it an incredibly evocative picture that’s still talked about today, it was also the last professional shot ever taken of John Lennon – just five hours after leaving the shoot with Leibovitz he was shot and killed.

Sought after British fashion and celebrity photographer, Rankin, is the ultimate master of alluring portraits. The accounting drop out studied photography in London and started Dazed and Confused magazine with a friend he met while there. With so many projects in the pipeline it’s a wonder he has time to shoot at all. If magical lighting and crisp emotional-tidal wave inducing portraits interest you then a look at Rankin’s work is just the thing for you. If there is any truth to the old saying that a photograph can capture part of the subject’s soul, Rankin is the magician who makes that statement believable. Most recently, he collaborated on a documentary with the BBC in Africa called South Africa in Pictures, which is definitely worth a look.

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Anita Lyon is a Professional freelance SEO Copywriter and writes on various topics. She has a keen interest in photography, digital cameras and video cameras.
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Lighting for Portrait Photography $24.52 Used – Great portraits are more than technique. They demand a broad range of skills…and a way with people. “Lighting for Portrait Photography” looks at the work of top photographers who reveal exactly how their finest portraits were created, and the beautiful full-color examples throughout the book show famous and unknown faces in commercial, editorial, and personal work. Many different styles of portraiture are covered, from simple set-ups using one light to more advanced multi-light plans. T

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Lighting for Portrait Photography $124.61 New – Great portraits are more than technique. They demand a broad range of skills…and a way with people. “Lighting for Portrait Photography” looks at the work of top photographers who reveal exactly how their finest portraits were created, and the beautiful full-color examples throughout the book show famous and unknown faces in commercial, editorial, and personal work. Many different styles of portraiture are covered, from simple set-ups using one light to more advanced multi-light plans. Th

Mario de Janeiro Testino $29.99 New – Super Mario does marvelous Rio. Inspired by the girls from Copacabana. Mario Testino is one of the most successful fashion and portrait photographers alive, whose iconic images of the world’s most famous women – including Diana, Princess of Wales, Kate Moss, and Madonna – are noted for their freshness and intimacy. Though born in Lima, Peru, Testino has always been fascinated by Rio de Janeiro, where he spent his earliest summer vactions. The easy sensuality, sexual freedom and lust for li

Mitsuaki Iwago’s Penguins $5.49 New – Here, one of the world’s most famous wildlife photographers turns his camera to one of the world’s most endearing creatures. In this extraordinary portrait, penguins swim, hop, waddle, mate, molt, and lay eggs–in fact, everything but fly. Includes more than 100 magnificent photographs.

Mitsuaki Iwago’s Penguins $5.6 Here, one of the world’s most famous wildlife photographers turns his camera to one of the world’s most endearing creatures. In this extraordinary portrait, penguins swim, hop, waddle, mate, molt, and lay eggs–in fact, everything but fly. Includes more than 100 magnificent photographs.

PHOTEK BKGRD-IN-A-BAG 8X12 LT BL B-8070 $144.95 Photek’s world famous BACKGROUNDS-IN-A-BAG, provide the perfect product for the traveling photographer. Thousands of our backgrounds are in use throughout the photographic world. Industrial, Commercial, Video, Portrait and Wedding photographers count them

Photographers in Florence: Fratelli Alinari $118.58 New – This book shows a significant view of the most beautiful photographs taken by the Alinari, up to the present day. The photos are presented in chronological and thematic order: Florence and other main cities during the Tuscany Grand Duchy; fine arts photographs, the heart of the Alinari production interpreted as documenting things with a critical and perceptive eye; the activity in the fascinating portrait studio, which was frequented by both famous and common people; the nineteenth century

Tamron 272E AF90mm F/2.8 Di Macro Lens – 1x – 90mm – f/2.8 $459 Tamron introduces a new version of the famous 90mm macro lens for film and digital photography. Tamron’s 90mm macro lens, often referred to as the portrait macro and loved by photographers all over the world, is now reborn as a Di lens that is perfect for use with both film and digital cameras.

Tamron 272E SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro Lens – 1x – 90mm – f/2.8 $459.95 Tamron introduces a new version of the famous 90mm macro lens for film and digital photography. Tamron 90mm macro lens, often referred to as the portrait macro and loved by photographers all over the world, is now reborn as a Di lens that is perfect for use with both film and digital cameras.

Tamron 272E SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di Macro Lens – 1x – 90mm – f/2.8 $449 Tamron introduces a new version of the famous 90mm macro lens for film and digital photography. Tamron’s 90mm macro lens, often referred to as the portrait macro and loved by photographers all over the world, is now reborn as a Di lens that is perfect for use with both film and digital cameras.

Tamron 272E SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di Macro Lens – 1x – f/2.8 $459.95 Tamron introduces a new version of the famous 90mm macro lens for film and digital photography. Tamron’s 90mm macro lens, often referred to as the portrait macro and loved by photographers all over the world, is now reborn as a Di lens that is perfect for use with both film and digital cameras.

Tamron AF 90mm F2.8 Di Macro 1:1 Lens for Nikon ( AF272NII-700 / AF272NII700 ) $459 Tamron AF272NII-700 / AF272NII700 90MM F2.8 Di Macro 1:1 Lens for Nikon Tamron introduces a new version of the famous 90mm macro lens for film and digital photography. Tamron’s 90mm macro lens, often referred to as “the portrait macro” and loved by photographers all over the world, is now reborn as a Di lens that is perfect for use with both film and digital cameras.

Tamron AF 90mm F2.8 Di Macro 1:1 Lens for Pentax $459.95 Tamron introduces a new version of the famous 90mm macro lens for film and digital photography. Tamron’s 90mm macro lens, often referred to as “the portrait macro” and loved by photographers all over the world, is now reborn as a Di lens that is perfect for use with both film and digital cameras.

Tamron AF 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 Lens for Minolta/Sony $477.95 Tamron introduces a new version of the famous 90mm macro lens for film and digital photography. Tamron’s 90mm macro lens, often referred to as “the portrait macro” and loved by photographers all over the world, is now reborn as a Di lens that is perfect for use with both film and digital cameras.

Zero Mostel Reads a Book $20.41 The female subject absorbed in a book has prompted masterworks from Vermeer, Monet, Vuillard and Matisse, among many others. Less often portrayed are men in the act of reading–even Manet’s portrait of Emile Zola depicts the writer staring away from his open volume. Is it the supposed passivity of this act that has discouraged men from modeling it? This mini-genre remains even less explored yet by photographers, though it surely offers the supreme opportunity for coaxing subjects of either sex into unself-consciousness, if not outright reverie. In Zero Mostel Reads a Book, Robert Frank takes a male comic actor for his subject but flouts the genre’s quietist sobriety in every way possible. Mostel is depicted in cartoonish dimensions, bemused, baffled and apoplectic, as he makes his way through an unidentified hardback volume, while seated at a table or on a sofa in a large lounge area. First published in 1963 by The New York Times “for the fun of it” and a collector’s item ever since, this lovely publication relates a series of theatrical and playful vignettes in which Mostel’s most famous roles–Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Max Bialystock in The Producers–are clearly signaled. It is a delightful moment of slapstick in the Frank oeuvre.